Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? – Mary Oliver I needed something else to think about. It was as complicated and as simple as that. I had always been a fan. In fact there was… Continue reading The Stars Look Very Different Today
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Pink is a Color Not a Cure
It’s that time again. Welcome to Pinktober where every dime you spend will go towards breast cancer research. Yeah! Huzzah! Excitement! Except maybe it doesn’t. You guys know that I love you all. And when you email me, as some of you have, and tell me that you’re doing X Y or Z for my… Continue reading Pink is a Color Not a Cure
We Contain Multitudes. With or Without the Little Dudes
First as always – the thanks yous: Thanks to Your One Phone Call for giving this poem, Universe, a home and to Commonline Journal for accepting this one about waking up in the middle of surgery….cause that was all kinds of “awesome”. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************ So I read this piece the other day by Amanda Palmer (musician,… Continue reading We Contain Multitudes. With or Without the Little Dudes
Zooming Out, The Cleaving, and the Never Ending Universe
We start with gratitude. Many thanks to Red Fez for publishing Better Luck Next Year and to Misfit Magazine for taking my short poem I Don’t Feel Like a Fighter Today Without small presses I couldn’t share. Unable to share, I would be trapped. Mute. And probably rather terrified. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… We found a planet yesterday… Continue reading Zooming Out, The Cleaving, and the Never Ending Universe
Cancerversary, or How I Became the Real Ally
Today’s my cancerversary. In case it isn’t apparent cancerversary is the anniversary of the day your life was radically changed by a cancer diagnosis. Mine is today. On June 10, 2014 at around 2:00 or so my doctor called. I was at work at the library. I stood in the hall near the bathrooms which… Continue reading Cancerversary, or How I Became the Real Ally
Ally Malinenko 